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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | In a bid to make it easy for individuals to access cooking gas during this COVID-19 tough situation, Vivo Energy Uganda has launched its “Shell Gas Refill Nyongeza” campaign with reduced prices, it said on Sept.02 in a statement.
The fuel distributor has slashed Shell Gas refill prices further to Shs44,000, Shs86,000 and Shs247,000 for the 6kg, 12kg and 45kg from Shs49, 000, Shs96, 000 and Shs267, 000 respectively.
Moses Kebba, the company’s marketing manager said the campaign is intended to further ease financial strain on loyal customers and reward them for continually selecting the Shell Gas brand as their cooking solution over the years.
With the recent waiver announced by the government on VAT on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – commonly known as cooking gas, it is anticipated that the public will better embrace the usage of gas as the most ideal and safer cooking solution in their homes, as it will be more affordable in comparison to the past.
“We applaud this move by the government to make cooking gas more affordable for Ugandans especially during this period where the economy has been hit hard with coronavirus,” Kebba said.
Environmental activists are supporting moves of this nature given that the country loses an estimated 100,000 hectares of forest cover annually, which is mainly attributed to wood based cooking energy like charcoal and firewood.
The company’s latest campaign will run for a period of two months. It stops on Oct.21.
